Assembly and packing crate for storage batteries.



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Patented Jan. 29, 1918.

E. W. SMITH.

APPLICATION FILED APR-5,19I7- ASSEMBLY AND PACKING CRATE FOR STORAGE BATTERIES.

E. W. SMITH. ASSEMBLY AND PACKING CRATE FOR STORAGE BATTERIES.

EDWARD waniron SMITH, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ASSEMBLY AND PACKING CRATEFOIR STORAGE BATTERIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.29, tats.

Application filed April 5, 1917'. Serial'No. 159,900.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD WANTON SMITH, a citizen of the United States residing-at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented a certain new and useful Assembly and Packing Crate for Storage Batteries, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a crate which can be drawn up so as to serve as a support for a rubber or like jar during the assembly and charging of the cell and which can be used as a package in which to ship the cell and which can be readily removed from the cell.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but will be first described in connection with the embodiment of it chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectional view of a crate embodying features of the inyention, showing parts of the cell in dotted llnes.

Fig. 2, is a side view of the crate drawn to a reduced scale.

Fig. 3, is a top view of the crate, and

Fig. 4;, isa transverse section.

In the drawings 1, are corner strips; 2, in general, are side pieces having ends 3 projecting opposite the inner faces of the corner pieces and adapted to be secured thereto for shipping. One means of securing these end pieces to the corner strips is to use nail as at X. 4: are removable bolts connecting the corner pieces for drawing up the side pieces to the jar A, shown in dotted lines in Fig 1. The side pieces are shown to comprise side facings 5 and battens 6 interposed between the corner strips 1 and the facings. The ends of these battens constitute the projections 3 and are used in staggered and crossed relation so that they can be sawed off as on the line YY, as will be hereinafter described. 7 is the bottom of the crate and it is shown as provided with skids 8 that project beyond the corner pieces. The lid of the crate consists of the'top 9 and two sides 10, which are like the battens 6, and two sides 11 which are shorter and extend between the battens. Between the lid and the body there is space as at 12, which afi'ords adjustment. The sides 10 of the lid are secured to the corner strips 1. 13 are notches which may be provided as a means for steadying a rope sling or the like.

In use the described crate, Without the cover, is assembled around the jar A and the bolts t are properly tightened up so as to properly position the walls of the crate for supporting the walls of the jar.. In assembling a crate a bottom 7 is mounted upon and secured to skids 8 as by means of nails or screws, not shown, care being exercised to have the over-all dimensions such as will not interfere with the described drawing up of the sides of the crate onto the jar. After the sides have been drawn up, the skids 8 are secured to the parts 1. by wood screws or nails, not shown. These screws or nails need not be drawn up tight and if preferred any space between the skids 8 and parts 1 may be filled in with fillets or strips, although the latter are not always necessary. It should be understood that the jars are large, for. ex

ample, of the size that are used in submarine batteries and accordingly the contents of the jars are heavy and tend to bulge them,

especially when the battery is being charged. After the contents of the cell have been assembled the lid or cover is applied in the manner described and the battens are nailed to the corner pieces and the bolts 4 are withdrawn. The removal of the bolts, of course, cheapens the crates while at the same time the parts thereof are firmly secured in position by means of nails or the like, as has been described. To unpack the cell all that is necessary is to saw the crate as indicated by the lineY-Y in Fig. l, whereupon the crate. may be easily knocked away from the cell. Evidently the crate is strong and in addition it performs the useful results above indicated.

Modifications may be made in details without departing from the invention, which is not limited as to those matters or otherwise than as the prior state of the art and terposed between the strips and facings and having their ends in staggered and crossed relation, and removable bolts connecting the corner strips, substantially as described.

3. An assembly and packing crate for storage batteries consisting of the combination of corner strips, side pieces having ends projecting opposite the inner faces of the corner strips and adapted to be secured thereto for shipping removable bolts connecting the corner strips for drawing up the side pieces during assembly, and a bottom structure arranged inside and extending beyond the corner strips.

4. An assembly and packing crate for storage batteries consisting of the combination of corner strips, side pieces having ends projecting opposite the inner faces of the corner strips and adapted to be secured thereto for shipping, removable bolts connecting the corner strips for drawing up the side pieces during assembly, and a top structure arranged inside the corner strips and adjustable in respect to the crate.

EDvVARD VVANTON' SMITH.

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Washington, Do G. 

